When I was growing up I was at a friend's house who had a huge pit bull. The little old lady next door had a Chihuahua. One day while we were on his porch his dog came up with the Chihuahua in his mouth and it was dead. We panicked. We figured maybe we could just reattach it to its leash and hope the little old lady thought her dog died on its own. A few hours later we hear her screaming! We run over and she's holding her dead dog. She asked who would do such a thing? We said it looks like it died on its own. She said "It died two days ago. Someone dug it up and reattached it to its leash!"

Dear Jerk:Michael Pollan's latest book is partly about fermenting. Up in Iceland they'll bury a type of shark and let the microbes work on it for a year or so. It comes out smelling none-too-good, but it's a delicacy. To them. I'll bet, to a dog, that pup will be delish.

I don't think they bury food as any kind of preparation. I think it's more to keep other predators from getting at it.

Spam Pajamas:When I was growing up I was at a friend's house who had a huge pit bull. The little old lady next door had a Chihuahua. One day while we were on his porch his dog came up with the Chihuahua in his mouth and it was dead. We panicked. We figured maybe we could just reattach it to its leash and hope the little old lady thought her dog died on its own. A few hours later we hear her screaming! We run over and she's holding her dead dog. She asked who would do such a thing? We said it looks like it died on its own. She said "It died two days ago. Someone dug it up and reattached it to its leash!"

I thought it was a rabbit and being put back in its hutch. But what do I know, it was your childhood.

I for one cannot WAIT to get on Facebook this afternoon to see how this has blossomed into a many-headed tirade about anthropomorphism versus OMFG YOULIBSRALLRETARDS! to it obviously being Obama's fault because his wife has or had bangs - and of course we all know what THAT means!!

omeganuepsilon:Greylight: It doesn't threaten anyone's "soul" or "superior intellect" to admit that our domesticated dogs are capable of communicating at about the level of a two or three year old.

I wouldn't necessarily back that claim. They're both smart and incredibly retarded in a variety of ways, and that varies dog to dog and child to child. I don't think they are comparable. They are similar, but still alien. A lot of what we "know" is still conjecture, superstition, and flat out guessing.

Not calling the claim a lie, not meaning offense, just calling it misleading and/or not applicable....wrongly confident? I hope the concept comesacross anyhow...

Man is everything a dog looks for in a pack leader: we like to eat meat and love to throw the OMG BALL!

Shrink:Spam Pajamas: When I was growing up I was at a friend's house who had a huge pit bull. The little old lady next door had a Chihuahua. One day while we were on his porch his dog came up with the Chihuahua in his mouth and it was dead. We panicked. We figured maybe we could just reattach it to its leash and hope the little old lady thought her dog died on its own. A few hours later we hear her screaming! We run over and she's holding her dead dog. She asked who would do such a thing? We said it looks like it died on its own. She said "It died two days ago. Someone dug it up and reattached it to its leash!"

Spam Pajamas:When I was growing up I was at a friend's house who had a huge pit bull. The little old lady next door had a Chihuahua. One day while we were on his porch his dog came up with the Chihuahua in his mouth and it was dead. We panicked. We figured maybe we could just reattach it to its leash and hope the little old lady thought her dog died on its own. A few hours later we hear her screaming! We run over and she's holding her dead dog. She asked who would do such a thing? We said it looks like it died on its own. She said "It died two days ago. Someone dug it up and reattached it to its leash!"